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Deflection Chess Puzzles

Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.

2155 real-game puzzles in this collection

What is a deflection?

Deflection drags a defender away from its duty. By capturing, checking or threatening, you force an enemy piece to abandon the square, line or piece it was guarding, then exploit what it left behind.

How to spot it

Identify which enemy piece holds the position together — the guard of a mating square, a back rank or a loose piece. Any forcing move that attacks that overworked guard is a deflection candidate.

What this set trains

Deflection sets build the habit of asking “what is this piece defending?” before every exchange — a question that exposes hidden wins constantly.

Foundation: 335Developing: 498Challenging: 464Advanced: 858

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Showing 2065–2088 of 2155 matching records

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Puzzle 0JBkb

Rating 2699 crushingdeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0m2xZ

Rating 2699 crushingdeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0rxUN

Rating 2699 clearancecrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 1MaW1

Rating 2699 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 09Jue

Rating 2702 advantageattractiondeflection
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Puzzle 0QpJl

Rating 2702 advantagedeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 1kgoV

Rating 2702 crushingdeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 1FO3B

Rating 2703 crushingdefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 1Jx0i

Rating 2703 crushingdeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 1tjP9

Rating 2704 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0wjIB

Rating 2705 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 28G6V

Rating 2705 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0yJgW

Rating 2707 advantagedeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0cSn6

Rating 2708 advantagedefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 1FzDT

Rating 2708 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 05oHZ

Rating 2709 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 00IKw

Rating 2710 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 201wi

Rating 2712 crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02Q6Q

Rating 2713 advancedPawnadvantagedeflection
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Puzzle 12YxL

Rating 2713 advantagedeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0xCrA

Rating 2714 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0eEWi

Rating 2715 advantagedeflectionendgame
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More puzzle themes: Advanced pawn · Attacks on f2 / f7 · Attraction · Back-rank mate · Bishop endgame tactics · Capture the defender · Clearance · Defensive move · Discovered attack · Discovered check · All themes